I’m not the biggest fan of the color blue (black is my favorite, as edge-lordy as it sounds), but I do have a soft spot for a certain shade that is commonly called “Maya Blue.” True to it’s name, the … Continue reading The History Thread is Feeling (Maya) Blue.

Welcome to this week’s History Thread. Sorry about the past two weeks, WordPress issues prevented anything from posting. I’ll declare this an Open Thread where you can discuss anything history related that’s happened over the past few weeks. Today’s image: … Continue reading The History Thread is Back!

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week’s topic: Terrorism. Everyone during this generation has lived under the shadow of terrorism, but it’s not a new phenomenon and goes back, in one form or another, all the way to distant … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread Blows Up!

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! It’s May Day, so we’re going to discuss labor and the history of labor activism. Today’s picture commemorates the famous Haymarket Riot in 1886, which led to May Day’s adoption as an international worker’s … Continue reading The Hardly Working History Thread

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week we’re going to discuss ideologies in history: political, philosophical, religious or other. I’m casting the net as broadly as possible to encourage a wide-ranging discussion. What systems of government or economics have … Continue reading The Ideological Weekly History Thread

Welcome to this week’s history thread! This week’s discussion topic: What is your primary resource for learning about history? Do you read books, like a nerd? Do you watch documentaries, also like a nerd? Do you watch a movie/read a … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread Learns

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week our discussion topic will be turning points in history. Big or small, obvious or subtle, there are specific lives or events that made an impact on history more than a single day … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! I’ll be lazy and proclaim this an Open Thread where you can discuss whatever you like. Today’s picture: April 3rd, 1895 marked the beginning of the trial against John Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry for … Continue reading The Libelous Weekly History Thread

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week’s topic: subjects you know nothing, or not enough about. No matter how much history you’ve studied, there are going to be blind spots in your knowledge. What are some subjects that, whether … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread Forgets

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Because we’re running behind, I’ll be brief. This week’s topic is atrocities, whether murders or massacres or genocides or what have you. Not the cheeriest topic, but humanity has a long, hallowed history of … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread is Too Late!

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Have fun and be historical! This week’s discussion question: Facts that changed your worldview. If you’ve studied history at all, whether as a history buff, a serious researcher or even someone with marginal interest in … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week’s topic: Historical pet peeves? A recycled topic I fear, but always a fun one. This thread enjoys complaining about the bad things in history, whether specific topics or the poor ways it’s taught, … Continue reading The Angry Weekly History Thread